Fence-post



No. 6|8.304. Patented lan. 24, |899. D. VANIMAN.

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(Application filed July 13, 1898.)

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DANIEL VANIMAN, OF MCPIIERSON, KANSAS.

FENCE-POST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 618,304, dated January 24, 1899.

Application filed July 13, 1898 To cr/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL VANIMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mc- Pherson, in the county of McPherson and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corner and End Iosts for Wire Fences; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and tothe letters of reference marked thereon, which forms a part of this specification.

AThis invention relates to improvements in corner and end posts for wire fences, and is a further improvement of Letters Patent No. 589,320 granted to myself August 3l, 1897.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and effective corner and end post for wire fences having the structural features and advantages hereinafter described.

The accompanying drawing is an elevation of my improved corner and end post.

The letter A designates a leaning post, made of galvanized-iron pipe or other suitable material, bent or coupled together in the form of an angle and terminating at B, three or more feet under ground.

C designate Wires having loops C on their upper ends into which the fence-wires D are fastened. The said wires C are passed through holes in the leaning post A and are serai No. season (No man.)

secured to the lower end of the ground-section of said post, thus forming a iirmanchor deep under ground and at the same time serving as braces to hold the leaning post A in place. l

E designates a stone forming an anchor on the lower end of the post and receiving the strain of the fence when the fence-wires are tightened by midway ratchets in a well-known wav.

E designates a stone anchor against the lower terminal of the leaning post A, which anchors said post against horizontal pressure when the fence-wires are tightened, and E is a similar anchor against the down-pressure of the upper end of the lower section of said post.

Having described my invention, I claim A fence-post bent or so joined together as to form an angle, the lower member of which is adapted to b'eanchored in the ground, in a position to place the upper member on an incline to the surface of the ground, and a series of tie-wires connected throughout the body of the upper member, and to the lower end of the lower member, and loops on said tie-wires for attaching the line-wires of a fence.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I hereto affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL VANIMAN.

IVitnesses:

A. J. FIORINI, R. J. MCCARTY. 

